Several centuries ago, thve nations that would become the
Haudenosaunee - Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca - were
locked in generations-long cycles of bloodshed. When they
established Kayanerenko:wa, the Great Law of Peace, they not only
resolved intractable coinflicts, but also shaped a system of law
and government that would maintain peace for generations to come.
This law remains in place today in Haudenosaunee communities: an
Indigenous legal system, distinctive, complex, and principled. It
is not only a survivor, but a viable alternative to Euro-American
systems of law. With its emphasis on lasting relationships, respect
for the natural world, building consensus, and on making and
maintaining peace, it stands in contrast to legal systems based on
property, resource exploitation, and majority rule. Although
Kayanerenko:wa has been studied by anthropologists, linguists, and
historians, it has not been the subject of legal scholarship. There
are few texts to which judges, lawyers, researchers, or academics
may refer for any understanding of specific Indigenous legal
systems. Following the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples, and a growing emphasis on reconciliation,
Indigenous legal systems are increasingly relevant to the evolution
of law and society. In Kayanerenko:we Great Law of Peace Kayanesenh
Paul Williams, counsel to Indigenous nations for forty years, with
a law practice based in the Grand River Territory of the Six
Nations, brings the sum of his experience and expertise to this
analysis of Kayanerenko:wa as a living, principled legal system. In
doing so, he puts a powerful tool in the hands of Indigenous and
settler communities.
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